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TIE MOLDING 0R BINDER FOR TILL WALLS. No. 463,851. Patented Nov.. 24, 1891.v

CHARLES J. BOGERT, OF BROOKLYN,

ASSIGNOR TO THE J. L. MO'FT IRON lVORKS, OF NEV YORK, N. Y.

TIE NIOLDING OR BINDER FOR TILE-WALLS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 463,851, dated November 24, 1891.

Application filed .Tuly 27, 1891. Serial No. 400,866. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, CHARLES J. BOGERT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in thecounty of Kings and State of New York, have invented an Improvement in Tie Moldings or Binders for Tile-Walls, of which the following is a specification.

Ornamental tiles With vitrified or glazed surfaces have heretofore been extensively used in buildings, especially as a facing to the walls in bath-rooms, halls, dac. The back of the tile is sufficiently rough for the cement to adhere to the same, the surface being known as bisque ln laying up the tiles for the surface of the Wall difficulty has heretofore been experienced in obtaining a suitable iinish at the upper edges, because, such tiles projecting from the wall not only the thickness of the tile but the thickness of the cement in addition, the upper edges of the tiles are very liable to become injured or chipped, and the .tiles themselves are frequently loosened and caused to fall from the wall in consequence of receiving a blow or concussion upon the upper edge, and in cases where wooden moldings have been applied they are unsightly and are liable to be easily injured, and in nailing such moldings to the wall the fresh cement that secures the tiles is liable to separate from such tiles and the work become imperfect.

The object of the present invention is to provide an ornamental binder for the upper edge of the tile-wall, whereby a suitable nish is obtained, the attaching cement is covered, the upper edges of the tile are held in position, and a beveled surface is presented to any falling substance by which concussion upon the binding-molding is relieved, so that such molding or its attachment is not injured, and a surface is provided upon this bindingmolding corresponding to the surface of the tiles, so as to be in harmony with the same.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is an elevation of a portion of a tile-wall with my improvement applied to the same, and Fig. 2 is a section at the line x 03.

The wall A may be of brick, stone, lath, plaster, and other suitable material, and upon the surface of the same the tiles B are held. These tiles are vitrified upon their outer surfaces'and in the rough or bisque condition at the back, and the tiles may be' of any desired size, color, or ornamental character, and they are to be laid up to the desired height, hydraulic cement or similar material being` introduced at C between the tiles and the wall A.

The top edge of the upperline of tiles Bis often more or less irregular and its ornamental character is often marred thereby. My present improvement prevents any irregularity being noticed, and at the same time j The under side of the binder-molding be-v ing rough, the cement C will firmly hold such binder, and the back edge 4. of the binder comes directly into contact with the wall A. Hence the cement O is entirely excluded from sight, and the plastering applied at E to the surface of the wall lapping over the top edge of the binder-moldin g aids in effectually holding this binder-molding in its proper position; and the sections of the binder-molding can be laid up accurately in line with each other, because any inequalities in the top edges of the tiles B can be allowed for by more or less cement filled in between the top of the tile and the under edge of the binder-molding, the shoulder 2 being sufficiently wide for allowing for these variations in the tile without the cement being noticeable between the tile and the binder-molding.

In applying the tiles and the binder-molding nails or similar attaching devices are entirely dispensed with. Hence the work is not subjected to concussion andthe cement is allowed to harden without injury.

I claim as my inventionl. The combination, with a tile-wall, of a vitrified binder-molding applied above the upper edge of such tile-wall,suchbindenmolding IOO having n shoulder at 2 to eoine in front of the inner o1` back Sulfnee of Snell binder-molding Io tile and :Ln inclined upper surface extending beingrough sind adapted to the cement with back to the. wall and Covering the attaching which it is to be :ittnehed in position, suheelnent, substantially :is sei; forth. sii-nntially as lnet forth.

2. he binder-moldingfor tile-Walls formed Sign ed by me this 23d day of July, 1891. of eai'tllenwfue with a glazed or vitreous ex- CllAS. J. ll()GlR'l`.

teiioi surface that is inclined, and a molded Witnessew edge having a shoulder adapted to set in ARTHUR L. MENHINICK, front of the upper edge of L row of tiles, the MAX GoEnEL. 

